| VERB | communication | leak | tell anonymously |
|---|---|---|---|
| communication | leak, leak out | be leaked | |
| change | leak | enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure | |
| change | leak | have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out | |
| NOUN | object | leak | an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape |
| state | leak | soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi | |
| process | leak, wetting, making water, passing water | a euphemism for urination | |
| event | leak, escape, leakage, outflow | the discharge of a fluid from some container | |
| communication | leak, news leak | unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information |
| Sounds | liy'k | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | antique ... wreak: 54 rhymes with iyk... | |
| Meaning | An accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "one of the tires developed a leak" | |
| Broader | hole | An opening into or through something |
| Spanish | agujero, escape, gotera, pérdida | |
| Verbs | leak | have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out |
| leak | enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure | |
| Meaning | Soft watery rot in fruits and vegetables caused by fungi. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | soft rot | mushy or slimy decay of plants caused by bacteria or fungi |
| Meaning | A euphemism for urination. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he had to take a leak" | |
| Synonyms | wetting, making water, passing water | |
| Broader | micturition, urination | The discharge of urine |
| Usage of | euphemism | An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh |
| Spanish | pipi | |
| Adjectives | leaky | used informally |
| Meaning | The discharge of a fluid from some container. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "he had to clean up the leak" | |
| Synonyms | escape, leakage, outflow | |
| Broader | discharge, outpouring, run | The pouring forth of a fluid |
| Spanish | derrame, escape, fuga | |
| Catalan | escapament, fuga, fuita | |
| Adjectives | leaky | permitting the unwanted passage of fluids or gases |
| Verbs | leak | have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out |
| leak | enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure | |
| Meaning | unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | news leak | |
| Broader | disclosure, revelation, revealing | The speech act of making something evident / evident |
| Spanish | filtración | |
| Adjectives | leaky | prone to communicate confidential information |
| Verbs | leak | tell anonymously |
| leak | be leaked | |
| Meaning | tell anonymously. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Example | "The news were leaked to the paper" | |
| Cause to | break, get out, get around | Be released or become known |
| Broader | unwrap, disclose, let on, bring out, reveal, discover, expose, divulge, break, give away, let out, uncover | Make known to the public information that was previously known only to a few people or that was meant to be kept a secret |
| Spanish | divulgar, filtrarse, filtrar | |
| Catalan | divulgar, filtrar | |
| Nouns | leak | unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information |
| leaker | a surreptitious informant | |
| Meaning | Be leaked. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Example | "The news leaked out despite his secrecy" | |
| Synonym | leak out | |
| Broader | break, get out, get around | Be released or become known |
| Spanish | filtrarse, trascender | |
| Nouns | leak | unauthorized (especially deliberate) disclosure of confidential information |
| leaker | a surreptitious informant | |
| Meaning | Enter or escape as through a hole or crack or fissure. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s; Something is ----ing PP | |
| Examples |
| |
| Broader | issue, emerge, come out, come forth, go forth, egress | Come out of |
| Spanish | filtrar | |
| Catalan | filtrar | |
| Nouns | leak, leakage | the discharge of a fluid from some container |
| leak | an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape | |
| Meaning | Have an opening that allows light or substances to enter or go out. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Something ----s | |
| Examples |
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| Entails | break, wear, wear out, bust, fall apart | go to pieces |
| Narrower | bilge, take in water | take in water at the bilge |
| Spanish | gotear, rezumar | |
| Catalan | degotar, gotejar | |
| Nouns | leak, leakage | the discharge of a fluid from some container |
| leak | an accidental hole that allows something (fluid or light etc.) to enter or escape | |
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